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03 Apr 17
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just been looking at the history on the minimum wage, can't believe in the early 00's when I was still of school age that the minumum wage was just £3.70 a hour!
htf did people survive working on that?!
htf did people survive working on that?!
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when we left the gold standard our wages have been pinned to nothing.
If we were really getting the right wages you'd freak out. it would be astronomical. |
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Supermarkets (and lots of other companies) would still be paying £3.70 now if they had a choice
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Plenty of people work for less than the minimum wage, they are those who have no choice but to be self employed and work zero hours contract jobs where all the expenses of the job is passed on to them.
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£3.70 - When the minimum wage was brought in it was set low to get it past the corporations. Also, don't forget about inflation.
£7.50 an hour * 40 hours * 52 weeks = £15,600. Do people work 40 hours anymore? A lot of people aren't getting any pay rises from their employers. The rising minimum wage is eroding differentials. |
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Plenty of people and jobs only worth the minimum wage.
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i,m a welder and theres plenty of firms advertising jobs at £8 an hr ,i was earning that 25 yrs ago,they no they,ll get a semi skilled chancer from eastern europe to work for 8 quid and employers are prepared to hold their nose cross their fingers and hope he doesnt foook the job up rather than paying a decent rate.a decent competitive rate would be around £16 an hr for a welder working at home
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think lidle and co are over a tenner,so serve your time for 4 years ,learn your trade get your papers and throw them in the bin and go stack shelves and earn more money,welcome to the uk 2017
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